Theme park in Tennessee turns Princess Diana’s death into a tasteless attraction

A new Tennessee theme park has turned Princess Diana’s last moments before her death into a tasteless attraction. 

The National Enquirer Live! is set to open its doors at noon on Friday and will feature the August 31, 1997, car crash that took Princess Diana’s life. 

It is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, just a few miles from Dolly Parton’s Dollywood.

According to amusements impresario Robin Turner, the Princess Diana attraction is a ‘3-D computer model, and you’re looking down on what looks just like Paris, but it’s three-dimensional’.

The National Enquirer Live! in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, has turned Princess Diana’s last moments before her death into a tasteless attraction

According to amusements impresario Robin Turner, the Princess Diana attraction is a '3-D computer model' that 'shows the pathway as she left the Ritz hotel, and the paparazzi chasing her, and the bang-flash that we think blinded the driver — and how it happened'

According to amusements impresario Robin Turner, the Princess Diana attraction is a ‘3-D computer model’ that ‘shows the pathway as she left the Ritz hotel, and the paparazzi chasing her, and the bang-flash that we think blinded the driver — and how it happened’

Turner told The Daily Beast: ‘It’s projected, and you see the buildings and everything in a 3-D presentation.

‘And it shows the pathway as she left the Ritz hotel, and the paparazzi chasing her, and the bang-flash that we think blinded the driver — and how it happened.’

Turner claims the attraction has been put together in a tasteful way with only computer animation at work.   

‘It’s done in a positive fashion,’ Turner added. 

But viewers can decide that, and they will have the opportunity to do so for $26.99. 

Following the attraction, viewers will also be invited to debunk conspiracy theories surrounding Princess Diana’s death, including that she may have been pregnant by her Egyptian boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, who was also killed in the crash. 

The Princess Diana exhibit is one of about 100 to be featured in the 20,000-square foot space at the theme park. 

Turner told the Daily Beast that there will also be an exhibit showing the Enquirer’s 1977 cover photo of Elvis Presley’s corpse in its open coffin.

When Turner was asked whether or not he believes that Prince William and his brother Prince Harry would be offended if they visited, he said: ‘I hope not.’

‘But that’s hard to say. I know they’re very sensitive. With everything out there, I think they’ve had to—you know, there’s nothing new that’s being presented.’

The theme park also features Michael Jackson clutching his then-nine-month-old son Prince Michael II with one arm, as the child, with its face covered in a blanket, dangled over the edge of the star’s balcony at Berlin’s Adlon Hotel in 2002. 

Princess Diana died on August 31, 1997, in a horrific car crash that also took the life of her then-Egyptian boyfriend, Dodi Fayed

Princess Diana died on August 31, 1997, in a horrific car crash that also took the life of her then-Egyptian boyfriend, Dodi Fayed

The coffin of Diana, Princess of Wales, is carried into Westminster Abbey in September 1997 as hundreds of thousands of mourners lined the streets of central London to watch the funeral procession

The coffin of Diana, Princess of Wales, is carried into Westminster Abbey in September 1997 as hundreds of thousands of mourners lined the streets of central London to watch the funeral procession

When Turner was asked whether or not he believes Prince William (second from left in 1997) and his brother Prince Harry (second from right) would be offended if they visited, he said: 'I hope not. But that’s hard to say. I know they’re very sensitive'When Turner was asked whether or not he believes Prince William (second from left in 1997) and his brother Prince Harry (second from right) would be offended if they visited, he said: ‘I hope not. But that’s hard to say. I know they’re very sensitive’

Another attraction includes the crime scene where the bodies of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman were found in 1994. 

Brown, who was O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife, and Goldman had been stabbed to death outside her condominium. Simpson was acquitted of their murders in 1995.

According to the park’s website, theme park guests can walk the red carpet and explore the ‘crimes of the century’.

There’s also a National Enquirer Live! coming to Branson, Missouri, in June. The website provides no other details. 

Turner estimates that the attraction will draw 450,000 paying customers in its first year. 

Last month, it was reported that the National Enquirer was being sold for $100million following accusations that the tabloid bought and buried damaging stories about now-President Donald Trump ahead of the 2016 election, and a more recent allegation from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos of attempted extortion. 

The tabloid, overseen by Trump confidant David Pecker, is to be sold by American Media Inc to James Cohen, the former head of the airport newsstand company Hudson News. 

In an agreement reached with prosecutors last December, American Media admitted they had paid former Playboy model Karen McDougal $150,000 to ‘suppress the woman’s story’ ahead of the 2016 election.  

The theme park also features Michael Jackson clutching his then-nine-month-old son Prince Michael II with one arm, as the child, with its face shrouded in a blanket, dangled over the edge of the star's balcony at Berlin's Adlon Hotel in 2002

The theme park also features Michael Jackson clutching his then-nine-month-old son Prince Michael II with one arm, as the child, with its face shrouded in a blanket, dangled over the edge of the star’s balcony at Berlin’s Adlon Hotel in 2002

Another attraction (pictured) includes the crime scene where the bodies of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman were found in 1994. Brown, who was O.J. Simpson's ex-wife, and Goldman had been stabbed to death outside her condo. Simpson was acquitted of their murders in 1995

Another attraction (pictured) includes the crime scene where the bodies of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman were found in 1994. Brown, who was O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife, and Goldman had been stabbed to death outside her condo. Simpson was acquitted of their murders in 1995

News of the National Enquirer’s sale came two months after Bezos publicly accused them of trying to blackmail him by threatening to publish explicit photos of him. 

An American Media attorney denied the charge, but it threatened potentially big legal costs by upending American Media’s non-prosecution agreement in the hush money case. 

At the time, federal prosecutors were looking into whether the publisher violated terms of the deal, which included a promise not to break any laws in the future. 

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan agreed last year not to prosecute American Media in exchange for the company’s cooperation in a campaign finance investigation. 

That probe eventually led to a three-year prison term for Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen for campaign violations among other charges. 

The Washington Post reported the decision to sell the tabloid was prompted by hedge-fund boss Anthony Melchiorre – whose firm controls American Media – becoming disappointed with the Enquirer’s reporting style.  

Financial terms were not immediately disclosed for the deal, which included two other American Media tabloids, the Globe and the National Examiner. 

Last month, it was reported that the National Enquirer (file image) was being sold for $100million following accusations that the tabloid bought and buried damaging stories about now-President Donald Trump ahead of the 2016 election

Last month, it was reported that the National Enquirer (file image) was being sold for $100million following accusations that the tabloid bought and buried damaging stories about now-President Donald Trump ahead of the 2016 election

President Donald Trump

David Pecker, chairman and CEO of American Media, addresses those attending the Shape & Men's Fitness Super Bowl Party in New York in January 2014

President Donald Trump’s (pictured on Thursday) longtime confidant David Pecker (right) had overseen the running of the National Enquirer

American Media said in April that it wanted to get out of the tabloid business to focus on its other operations that include its teen brand and broadcast platforms. 

Under Pecker’s reign, the tabloid has for years buried potentially embarrassing stories about Trump and other favored celebrities by buying the rights to them and never publishing in a practice called ‘catch-and-kill’.

The Associated Press reported last year that Pecker kept a safe in the Enquirer’s office that held documents on buried stories, including those involving Trump.

Whether James Cohen has any allegiances to Trump is not clear. While he was a registered Republican as late as 2017, according to Nexis records, he has given to both Republicans and Democrats.

That included $17,300 in 2016 to an arm of the Democratic National Committee and $2,500 to the Republican National Committee in 2012.

It has financed several recent acquisitions with borrowed money and has been struggling under a heavy debt load.

American Media said the sale would help reduce the amount it needs to pay back, leaving it with $355million in debt.  

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